1 S T A T U T O R Y  I N S T R U M E N T S  
2021 No. 
ENVIRONMENTAL  PRO TECTION  
The Restriction  of the Use of Certain  Hazardous  Substances  in 
Electrical  and Electronic  Equipment  (Amendment)  Regulations  
2021 
Made  - - - - *** 
Laid before  Parliament  *** 
Coming  into force  in accordan ce with regulation  1(b) 
The Secretary  of State  makes  these  Regulations  in exercise  of the powers  conferred  by regulations  
3(1)(a) , 5(1), 9, 10 and 11(1) of the Hazardous  Substances  and Packagi ng (Legislative  Functions  
and Amendment)  (EU Exit)  Regul ations 2020 (“the Regulations ”)(a). 
The requirements  in regulation s 3(2) and (3) (purpose  for amending  and review  of list of restricted  
substances)  and 8(1) (consultation)  of the Regulations  have  been  satisfied. 
Citation , commencement  and extent  
1. These  Regulations— 
(a) may be cited  as the Restriction  of the Use of Certain  Hazardous  Substances  in Electrical  
and Electronic  Equipment  (Amendment)  Regulations  2021; 
(b) come  into force— 
(i) for the purpo ses of regulation  2(2), on 1st July 2022 ; 
(ii) for all other  purposes,  on 1st January 2022 ; 
(c) extend  to England  and Wales  and Scotland.  
Amendment  of the Restriction  of the Use of Certain  Hazardous  Substances  in Electrical  and 
Electronic  Equipment  Regulations  2012  
2.—(1) The Restriction  of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substa nces in Electrical  and 
Electronic  Equipment  Regulations  2012 (b) are amended  as follows.  
(2) In Schedule  A1, in the second  paragraph,  omit sub-paragraphs  (a) and (b); 
(3) In Schedule  A2, in Table  1— 
(a) in entry  No. 93, in column  6 (expi ry date or status) , for the word s “transiti onal case” 
substitute  “30th June 2026”; 
 
(a) S.I. 2020/1647.  
(b) S.I. 2012/ 3032 , amended b y S.I. 20 20/1647 and 2021/422. There are other amending instru ments which are not relevant t o 
these Regulations .  2 (b) after entry  No. 95, insert— 
 
“96 Lead  diazide,  lead 
styphnate,  lead 
dipicramate,  orange  
lead (lead  tetroxide),  
lead dioxide  in electric  
and electronic  initiators 
of explosives for civil 
(professional)  use and 
barium  chromate  in 
long time pyrotechnic  
delay  charges  of electric  
initiators  of explosives  
for civil (professional)  
use 
  Annex  4, 45 11 20th April 2026
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 Name 
 Parliamen tary Under  Secretary  of State  
Date Department  for Environment , Food  and Rural  Affairs  
 
 
EXPLANATORY  NOTE  
(This  note is not part of these Regulations ) 
These  Regulations  amend  Sche dules A1 and A2 to the Restriction  of the Use of Certain  Hazardous  
Substances  in Electrica l and Electronic Equipment  Regulations  2012  (“the RoHS  Regulations ”) as 
they apply  in England  and Wales  and Scotland . 
Regulation  2(2) amends  the list of restricted  substances  in Schedule  A1 to extend  the restriction  on 
the use of four restricted substa nces (Bis(2-ethylhexyl)  phthalate  (DEHP),  Butyl  benzyl  phthalate  
(BBP),  Dibutyl  phthalate  (DBP)  and Diisobutyl  phthalate  (DIBP))  to medical  devices  and 
monitoring  and control  instruments . 
Regulation  2(3)(a) renews  the exemption  for mercury  to be used in elect ric rotating connectors  
used in ultrasound  imaging  systems  in entry  No. 93 of Table  1 in Schedule  A2 for a period  ending  
on 30th June 2026 . 
Regulation 2(3)(b) grants a new exemptio n from the list of restricted substances in Schedule A1 to 
the RoHS Regulations by ad ding certain lead compounds and one hexavalent form  of chromium 
(barium) to be used in the supply of electric and electronic initiators of explosives for civil 
explosives to the list in Table 1 in Schedule A2 of applications exempted from the restriction i n 
regulation 3(1) of the RoHS Regulations. The exemption is granted for a period ending on 20th 
April 2026.  
An impact  assessment  has not been  produced  for this instrument  as no, or no significant,  impact  
on the private,  voluntary  or public  sector  is forese en.